The Tailor (Ronan Wilmot) and Ansty (Nuala Hayes) Yesterday was one of those days you don’t expect. I somehow got into a discussion with some elderly people who were defensive about the good old days and the sense of spirit and community they experienced in the Ireland of the forties and fifties (and probably up [...]
Along with artist Louis le Brocquy, who illustrated his translation of The Táin, poet Thomas Kinsella will be made a Freeman of Dublin today. Last Sunday, Dublin’s Lord Mayor, Vincent Jackson, unveiled a plaque to the poet at 37 Phoenix Street, in The Ranch, Inchicore, Dublin, where Kinsella spent the first 10 years of his [...]
Two new books, out of thousands of others, are on the shelves today – The Wow Signal, by Patrick Chapman, and Redemption Falls, by Joseph O’Connor There are so many Irish books coming on stream that it’s not practical for me to mention them all, but I mention Patrick because he’s my colleague and co-founder [...]